'THE MEANING OF FOOD': DELICIOUS STORIES ABOUT LOVE, CULTURE AND RELATIONSHIPS
That sausage pizza you had the other night -- what did it mean to you? Well, maybe it reminded you of your youth, and Saturday night treats with your family. Or maybe, if you are Italian, it struck a cultural chord.
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Sometimes food has meaning for me, like when I fall ill I always gun out for the same foods- Fried rice and those Arizona teas with genseng. I really like fried rice naturally and whenever I got sick as a child mom would bring me some, but I DON'T like the Arizona teas....So why do I drink them? Well, when I broke my leg my mom visited me in the hospital and brought me one of those teas for the first time and now since then I think I associate those teas with love. Same with the fried rice, though this is a much more palatable choice.
-Unferth